C/O 2017 Median LSAT/GPA/Class Size Forum

[HalfStudent]

Santa Clara Law (No combined numbers, but clearly a 157 [no change] median)

FT
156/157/160
3.06/3.32/3.47

PT
155/157/160
2.98/3.21/3.60

154 Enrolled (-92)

http://law.scu.edu/admissions/2014-class-profile

That is a severe decline in enrollment but of course it's just what California needs.

[LurkerShirker]

Wisconsin held LSAT at 161, dropped class size again:

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Class sizes since 2007:
264 249 278 246 242 215 186 158

[JCougar]

I am really encouraged by these enrollment declines. Perhaps LST's tracking of numbers is really making schools conscious of their placement of their grads into actual lawyer jobs. With a lot of these schools, it's just simple math: there's only one good job lying around in their placement region for every three law students they have traditionally been admitting. This is true of Wisconsin, even though they only have 2 law schools total. So Kudos to them.

[FSK]

I am really encouraged by these enrollment declines. Perhaps LST's tracking of numbers is really making schools conscious of their placement of their grads into actual lawyer jobs. With a lot of these schools, it's just simple math: there's only one good job lying around in their placement region for every three law students they have traditionally been admitting. This is true of Wisconsin, even though they only have 2 law schools total. So Kudos to them.

We should be especially critical of any class size increases, as a corollary.

[Louis1127]

Class sizes since 2007:
264 249 278 246 242 215 186 158

[el madrileno]

Just a heads up- the Northwestern median and 75th GPA is incorrect on the doc. Doc reads 3.73/3.85. NU reports 3.75/3.83.

Thank you for all the work that goes into the doc.

[rebexness]

[chuckbass]

Just a heads up- the Northwestern median and 75th GPA is incorrect on the doc. Doc reads 3.73/3.85. NU reports 3.75/3.83.

Thank you for all the work that goes into the doc.

Thanks! I'll fix it tonight when I do another big update!

Good job bex

[el madrileno]

Good job bex

[sconnielaw13]

Great to see that UW keeps dropping its class sizes. I think the total number of students in the c/o 2017 almost equals the number of students from my class (2013) that had bar required full time permanent jobs. Furthermore, UW typically puts about 30 students into 101+ attorney firms. The decrease in class size will mean that closer to 20% of the class will be in 101+ firms as opposed to about 10%. The down sizing will really pay off for UW in the long run. Once the smaller classes graduate with high employment numbers that will only make the school more attractive to applicants with solid numbers and increase the school's ranking.

It also looks like they raised their 25% LSAT and raised GPAs across the board. This combined with Marquette's terrible median LSAT of 152 should also hopefully help UW grads in Wisconsin.

[chuckbass]

I got WUSTL's full spread:

162 166 167
3.19 3.62 3.75

+2 for the LSAT 25th

[Rigo]

I got WUSTL's full spread:

162 166 167
3.19 3.62 3.75

+2 for the LSAT 25th

These numbers baffle me considering the class size. But the 166 baffled me too.
Well Scotti, you better kill it this year.

[rebexness]

[Moneytrees]

I got WUSTL's full spread:

162 166 167
3.19 3.62 3.75

+2 for the LSAT 25th

I'm impressed.

Definitely impressive hold. Although I'm just as impressed by Emory. Those job prospects do not warrant 165/3.75 medians.

[HalfStudent]

pretty big split between the GPA's there on 25th and the median.

[navykev]

I got WUSTL's full spread:

162 166 167
3.19 3.62 3.75

+2 for the LSAT 25th

Impressive -- nipping at Gtown and Vandy's heals!

[jewkidontheblock]

I got WUSTL's full spread:

162 166 167
3.19 3.62 3.75

+2 for the LSAT 25th

Impressive -- nipping at Gtown and Vandy's heals!

With a 67% employment score? I should hope not

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

WUSTL did not get nearly enough criticism ITT for massively increasing class size when their employment stats sucked as it is.

[star fox]

WUSTL did not get nearly enough criticism ITT for massively increasing class size when their employment stats sucked as it is.

That horse is long since dead and beaten.

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

WUSTL did not get nearly enough criticism ITT for massively increasing class size when their employment stats sucked as it is.

That horse is long since dead and beaten.

Half of TLS seems to go there so it ducks a lot of criticism it rightfully deserves, like increasing class size 40% when two thirds of the class already has no prayer at Biglaw. Good for them for throwing $$$ around but it's still not a school anyone should attend without a full ride and a deadset focus on practicing in St. Louis.

[Moneytrees]

WUSTL did not get nearly enough criticism ITT for massively increasing class size when their employment stats sucked as it is.

That horse is long since dead and beaten.

Half of TLS seems to go there so it ducks a lot of criticism it rightfully deserves, like increasing class size 40% when two thirds of the class already has no prayer at Biglaw. Good for them for throwing $$$ around but it's still not a school anyone should attend without a full ride and a deadset focus on practicing in St. Louis.

I completely agree. It attracts great applicants but the truth is that unless class sizes are drastically reduced, 30 to 40 percent of its graduates will fail to find jobs.

[NYCFAN1]

WUSTL did not get nearly enough criticism ITT for massively increasing class size when their employment stats sucked as it is.

That horse is long since dead and beaten.

Half of TLS seems to go there so it ducks a lot of criticism it rightfully deserves, like increasing class size 40% when two thirds of the class already has no prayer at Biglaw. Good for them for throwing $$$ around but it's still not a school anyone should attend without a full ride and a deadset focus on practicing in St. Louis.

yep. one of the biggest trap schools in the country

[Rigo]

yep. one of the biggest trap schools in the country

WUSTL gives great money though, so way less trappy.
It's not Fordham.

[03152016]

lllloooollll
wustl is a terrible example of a trap school

[Huskies13!]

Maryland is up:
202 enrolled (-4)
159 (0)
3.50 (-0.03)
http://www.law.umaryland.edu/prospectiv ... pectus.pdf